This summary is showing the ages of the respondents in the General Social Survey data. The youngest respondent taking the survey was 18. The first quarter shows that the first 25% of the respondents were under age 31 which is 13 higher than the minimum and 12 lower than the median, meaning that the data should be fairly evenly distributed in the lower half of the data. The median is 43, which shows that there was almost an equal number of responses from younger and older people. The mean is 45.61, which shows that most of the respondents were middle aged. The third quarter is 59, which shows that most of the older respondents were not yet senior citizens. The max number is 89, which means the oldest respondent was of age 89 and that they were an outlier.
(It seems like you did not investigate very deeply what these measures are referring to. See the codebook! These measures are public opinion toward the group named in the variable! So obviously your interpretation is a bit off.)
This variable measured the respondent's liking toward Russia. On a scale of 0-9, respondent's rated their feelings toward Russia, 9 being good and 0 being bad. The lowest response was a 0, meaning some respondent's did not like Russia. The 1st Quarter is a 4 however, showing that although 0's were recorded, the respondents who had negative feelings toward Russia did not have a strong negative view. The median is 5, which means that there was an equal number of feelings on both sides of the survey. Half of the liked Russia, and the other half did not. The Mean is 5.52 which means that respondents who liked Russia had a very strong liking toward Russia compared to the negative feelings felt by the other half of the respondents. The 3rd quarter is a 9, which means that the majority of people who had positive feelings toward Russia had the highest rating of liking.
I chose these variables because I thought it'd be interesting to compare the liking toward Russia of different generations of Americans.
Correlation- 0.1200404
A correlation number of .1200404 means that, although weak, there is a slight trend between age of respondent and liking toward Russia.
(Again, not quite. It shows that there is only a little bit of shared variation between the two. In other words, they move in tandem (or have a positive association) a little bit but not too much.)
These violin plots show that a large number of respondent's were between the ages of 24 and 45. The bell curve is clearly tilted toward the lower side showing that there is clearly a larger number of young respondents compared to old respondents. The Liking of Russia shows that not many people had strong negative feelings toward Russia. It also shows that the majority of respondents either had very strong feelings toward Russia or neutral feelings.
This scatterplot shows that there was a slight dip in liking toward Russia where the respondent's age mean is located. This shows that, although not that significant, most respondents of a younger age had more neutral or negative feelings toward Russia compared to older respondents.
You covered all the bases (but with apparently minimal effort). Remember that you should be doing your assignments motivated by some kind of theoretical hunch. Why did you choose to compare public opinion toward Atheists and Asians? Seems random. Also, finally, you obviously have to be more thoughtful about what you're analyzing! You can't just guess. Use the codebook containing variable information!)
Age
Min- 18.00
1st Quartile- 31.00
Median- 43.00
Mean- 45.61
3rd Quarter- 59.00
Max- 89.00
NA's- 197
This summary is showing the ages of the respondents in the General Social Survey data. The youngest respondent taking the survey was 18. The first quarter shows that the first 25% of the respondents were under age 31 which is 13 higher than the minimum and 12 lower than the median, meaning that the data should be fairly evenly distributed in the lower half of the data. The median is 43, which shows that there was almost an equal number of responses from younger and older people. The mean is 45.61, which shows that most of the respondents were middle aged. The third quarter is 59, which shows that most of the older respondents were not yet senior citizens. The max number is 89, which means the oldest respondent was of age 89 and that they were an outlier.
(It seems like you did not investigate very deeply what these measures are referring to. See the codebook! These measures are public opinion toward the group named in the variable! So obviously your interpretation is a bit off.)
Russia
Min-0.00
1st Quarter- 4.00
Median- 5.00
Mean- 5.52
3rd Quarter- 9.00
Max- 9.00
NA's- 39556
This variable measured the respondent's liking toward Russia. On a scale of 0-9, respondent's rated their feelings toward Russia, 9 being good and 0 being bad. The lowest response was a 0, meaning some respondent's did not like Russia. The 1st Quarter is a 4 however, showing that although 0's were recorded, the respondents who had negative feelings toward Russia did not have a strong negative view. The median is 5, which means that there was an equal number of feelings on both sides of the survey. Half of the liked Russia, and the other half did not. The Mean is 5.52 which means that respondents who liked Russia had a very strong liking toward Russia compared to the negative feelings felt by the other half of the respondents. The 3rd quarter is a 9, which means that the majority of people who had positive feelings toward Russia had the highest rating of liking.
I chose these variables because I thought it'd be interesting to compare the liking toward Russia of different generations of Americans.
Correlation- 0.1200404
A correlation number of .1200404 means that, although weak, there is a slight trend between age of respondent and liking toward Russia.
(Again, not quite. It shows that there is only a little bit of shared variation between the two. In other words, they move in tandem (or have a positive association) a little bit but not too much.)
These violin plots show that a large number of respondent's were between the ages of 24 and 45. The bell curve is clearly tilted toward the lower side showing that there is clearly a larger number of young respondents compared to old respondents. The Liking of Russia shows that not many people had strong negative feelings toward Russia. It also shows that the majority of respondents either had very strong feelings toward Russia or neutral feelings.
This scatterplot shows that there was a slight dip in liking toward Russia where the respondent's age mean is located. This shows that, although not that significant, most respondents of a younger age had more neutral or negative feelings toward Russia compared to older respondents.
You covered all the bases (but with apparently minimal effort). Remember that you should be doing your assignments motivated by some kind of theoretical hunch. Why did you choose to compare public opinion toward Atheists and Asians? Seems random. Also, finally, you obviously have to be more thoughtful about what you're analyzing! You can't just guess. Use the codebook containing variable information!)